MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are introducing a package of bills that would impose tougher sanctions and sentences on criminals. The legislation would require the Department of Corrections to…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The man who kidnapped Jayme Closs and killed her parents in northern Wisconsin has been moved to a prison in New Mexico. Press-Gazette Media reports the…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans with prisons in their districts are complaining about Democratic Gov. Tony Evers decision to grant temporary raises at only six institutions. Nineteen Republicans sent…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows overtime hours in the state prison system climbed by more than 50 percent as turnover and vacancy rates rose. State auditors released…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul won’t require state Justice Department employees to sign nondisclosure agreements, scrapping a practice that his Republican predecessor began going into the…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have captured an escaped Wisconsin convict in Missouri. Anthony Stephenson escaped from a vehicle while he was being transported through Milwaukee’s north side on April…
By TODD RICHMOND and SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly passed a sweeping bipartisan overhaul of Wisconsin’s juvenile justice system Wednesday, approving a bill that…
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three Wisconsin juvenile prison workers were hurt in two separate attacks by inmates during the weekend, the latest in a string…
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Workers at troubled youth prisons in northern Wisconsin told a state senator that conditions there are chaotic and they are afraid…
WAUSAU — A 36-year-old Mosinee woman accused of her 7th OWI in 13 years was on extended supervision — Wisconsin’s version of parole — when she was arrested, court documents…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows guards at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison used pepper spray on more than 50 inmates during the first half of 2017. Attorneys for…
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — Two inmates are on the loose in Georgia after killing two prison guards during a bus transport Tuesday morning. Authorities are identifying the inmates as Donnie…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A 26-year-old man convicted in 2010 of sexually assaulting a child has reached the end of his sentence and will be released June 6 in…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is closing an internal affairs unit whose investigation into employee misconduct at the state’s youth prison prompted ongoing federal investigation into…
By Tom James (Reuters) – Prosecutors have begun investigating the 2016 death of a mentally ill man who died of dehydration in a Milwaukee-area jail run by conservative Sheriff David…
